In “Right At Your Door,” after multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack) outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in affect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply, limited time and no information—all the while separated by thin doors and thinner sheets of plastic. When “help” finally does arrive, it appears to be anything but…”Right At Your Door.”
STARRING: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Tony Perez, Scotty Noyd Jr., Jon Huertas
DIRECTOR: Chris Gorak
STUDIO: Roadside Attractions
RATING: R (For pervasive violence, language)
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - in “Illegal Tender.”
Producer John Singleton (”Four Brothers,” “Hustle & Flow”) and writer/director Franc. Reyes (”Empire”) join forces to tell the story of one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters in the new thriller “Illegal Tender.”
Wilson De Leon, Jr. (Rick Gonzalez) is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise. He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground. But when ghosts from his mother’s past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family…and quickly turn into the strong man his father prayed he’d become. Nothing could stop Wilson’s mother, Millie (Wanda De Jesus), from protecting her two boys. Forced to flee her home after gangsters killed her husband, she made an oath to give her children only the best. But all that changes when an enemy from the past catches up with them. It’s finally time to take action–and now, they’re done running. Weapons at the ready, Wilson, Jr. and Millie prepare for a final showdown with the murderer who robbed him of a father and her of a husband. Now, in a battle fueled by family ties and blood feuds, it will become very clear what happens when anyone tries to come between this son and his mother.
STARRING: Rick Gonzalez, Wanda De Jesus, Dania Ramirez, Tego Calderon, Manny Perez, Gary Perez
DIRECTOR: Franc Reyes
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: R (For violence, language and some sexuality)
Erik (Josh Hartnett), an up-and-coming sports reporter, rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend (Samuel Jackson), believed to have passed away. Erik sees an opportunity to resurrect the Champ’s story and escape the shadow of his father’s success. Directed by former movie critic Rod Lurie, whose last two movies were box office bombs.
STARRING: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Teri Hatcher, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Glenn Hunter, David Paymer, Ryan McDonald, Harry J. Lennix, Peter Coyote, Chris Ippolito, Stephen Strachan, Eugene Clark
DIRECTOR: Rod Lurie
STUDIO: Yari Film Group
RATING: PG-13 (For some violence and brief language)
Adapted by Ethan Hawke from his own novel of the same name, “The Hottest State” is a bittersweet romance that distills the joy, pain, erotic highs, and emotional lows of first love. Ethan Hawke directs and co-stars in the film along with Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Laura Linney. Days before his 21st birthday, William (Mark Webber), an actor, meets and quickly falls madly in love with Sara (Oscar-nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno), a seductive yet elusive singer/songwriter. The film follows William from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room to a snowbound weekend in Connecticut to a sweltering homecoming in the hottest state of all - Texas - in the pursuit of Sara. His stubborn and sweetly innocent quest to find someone who loves him as much as he loves her may not lead to happiness, but surely leads to newfound maturity.
STARRING: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Mark Webber, Michelle Williams, Sonia Braga, Ethan Hawke
DIRECTOR: Ethan Hawke
STUDIO: THINKFilm
RATING: R (For sexual content and language)
“Deep Water” is a documentary (recreation) about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race made famous.
“Deep Water” is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, “Deep Water”is an unforgettable journey into one man’s heart of darkness.
It seems the world needs a new, updated “Revenge of the Nerds” movie. This 2007 version of “Revenge of the Nerds” is a raucous re-imagining of the comedy classic. Adams College is turned upside down by a group of freshmen misfits who redefine the term “nerd.” As they try to form their own frat, the nerds incur the wrath of the ultimate alpha males, the infamous Alpha Beta fraternity. The nerds refuse to go down without a fight, waging an all-out battle against the notorious jocks during Greek Week.
STARRING: Jenna Dewan, Ryan Pinkston, Nick Zano, Katie Cassidy, Christopher Marquette, Kristin Cavallari, Dan Byrd, Efren Ramirez
DIRECTOR: Kyle Newman
STUDIO: Fox Atomic
RATING: R (For nudity, sexual situations, drug use, and strong language)
Rowan Atkinson returns to the iconic role that made him an international star in “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” In his latest misadventure, Mr. Bean - the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of pratfalls and hijinks - goes on holiday to the French Riviera and becomes ensnared in a European adventure of cinematic proportions.
Tired of the dreary, wet London weather, Bean packs up his suitcase and camcorder to head to Cannes for some sun on the beach. Ah…vacation. But his trip doesn’t go as smoothly as he had hoped when the bumbling Bean falls face first into a series of mishaps and fortunate coincidences, far-fetched enough to make his own avant-garde film.
Wrongly thought to be both kidnapper and acclaimed filmmaker, he has some serious explaining to do after wreaking havoc across the French countryside and arriving at his vacation spot with a Romanian filmmaker’s precocious son and an aspiring actress in tow. Will Bean be arrested by the gendarmes or end up winning the Palme d’Or? It’s all caught on camera as Atkinson again applies his awkward athleticism to a comedy of errors - “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.”
STARRING: Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort
DIRECTOR: Steve Bendelack
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
Based on Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin’s popular satirical novel, “The Nanny Diaries” stars Scarlett Johansson as a working-class woman from New Jersey who becomes a nanny to a wealthy Manhattan family - “The Nanny Diaries.”
STARRING: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy, Alicia Keys, Chris Evans
DIRECTORS: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
STUDIO: MGM & The Weinstein Co.
RATING: PG-13 (For strong language, adult situations)
“Eye Of The Dolphin” tells the story of fourteen year old Alyssa (Carly Schroeder: “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”, “Firewall”) who has been living with her Grandmother (Academy Award nominee Katharine Ross) since the death of her mother a year ago. Troubled and lost, it is decided she should go to the Bahamas to live with the father she never knew she had. Caught in the difficult realization of having a father, coupled with the adjustment to island culture, she seeks refuge in the discovery of the astonishing gift she has for communicating with dolphins. But when the powers-that-be threaten to close down her father’s dolphin research facility, it is Alyssa and her wild cetacean friend who hold the key.
STARRING: Carly Schroeder, Adrian Dunbar, George Harris, Jane Lynch, Christine Adams, Katharine Ross
DIRECTOR: Michael D. Sellers
STUDIO: Monterey Media
RATING: Not Rated
In the movie “Dedication,” Henry Roth is messed up. A New York children’s book author who tells kids that Santa doesn’t exist, he hates sleeping with - and next to - anyone, including his girlfriend and must lay on the floor, usually with heavy objects on top of him just to feel safe. His motto is “Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.”
“Dedication,” a modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children’s book series (Billy Crudup) is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator (Mandy Moore) after his best friend and creative collaborator (Tom Wilkinson) passes away marks the directorial debut of Justin Theroux. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
STARRING: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Harvey Keitel, Mia Farrow, Bob Balaban, Bobby Cannavale, Martin Freeman, Amy Sedaris, Christine Taylor, Tom Wilkinson
DIRECTOR: Justin Theroux
STUDIO: The Weinstein Co.
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations, adult situations, drug use)
